The summer is the best time to explore the Dolomites’ famous via ferrata (Italian for “iron path”): a network of cables and metal ladders that allow access to and travel through otherwise impenetrable mountains. Although …
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Surviving on Food Storage In winter there is not much food around in our mountains, but for the common squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) that’s not a problem at all. When there is a surplus of food …
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Tre Cime is one of the most iconic formations in the Italian Dolomites. The three towering slabs of rock, each one evolved into a sharp peak at the top with its base splaying out at …
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The Col du Bonhomme is one of the major Cols (mountain passes) that you will cross on the Tour du Mont Blanc. At 2329m (7,641ft), it isn’t the highest Col on the tour, but it …
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Life Underneath the Snow Snow is such a good insulator that some animals in the Alps have evolved extraordinary strategies to use snow to keep them warm during winter; Small mammals, like voles and shrews, …
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